https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 06:12:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1444130 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:09:52 +0000 MrsH 1444130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meganmp: I said it was irrational when I posted :) personally I'm just tired of everyone saying it. I'm glad she resembles DH, just want a tiny bit of recognition that she has one of my features. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1443127 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:47:48 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 1443127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of my friends babies look just like their daddies! I hope all our babies look like my SO. But unfortunately that's not going to happen. I wonder if my hormonal PP self will be annoyedwhen people say how much our babies look like the donor. #knowndonorproblems </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1443045 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:50:19 +0000 mrs. wagon 1443045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our dirty little secret is that Wagon Sr. and I looked really alike as babies, so we both know that both of our kids resemble both of us because... well... we looked similar as babies. So it doesn't really bother me that much. But we get it all the time. Wagon Jr. is a mini WS and LMW is a mini me. I've never minded it. Kind of a relief since we named my son after my husband so it's nice that they look alike. And I got "mine" with my daughter so it evens out.</p> <p>Before I had my daughter, there was once a call for baby pictures for a baby shower game and I sent mine to the hostess... she emailed back, SHOCKED, saying she thought all along that WJ looked just like WS, but turns out he is actually MY clone! I just laughed, because I knew. WJ looked just like me when I was a baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1443035 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:46:22 +0000 meganmp 1443035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS looks so much like DH's dad, its freaky. I am actually glad that he does, because I had silly, irrational thoughts when I was pregnant that there was a mix up at the lab and I was going to come home with a baby of a different race than DH and I. :) at first, I was (not seriously) convinced that there had been a mix up at the lab with my eggs, and they weren't my kids because they look nothing like me at all. Now that they're older though, they obviously has my eyes. </p> <p>I'm curious, why it does bother some people though. Not in a judging way, I just don't understand it. Wouldn't you want your babies to look like your husband? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1443017 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:29:21 +0000 tillma 1443017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was beyond annoyed the first few weeks when everyone and their mother told me he looked like DH. I didn't mind that he looked like him but it would have been nice if they could have thrown me some sort of a bone and told me he had my hair color or SOMETHING. After all I baked the little man for nine months! Give me some credit! Good news is about two and a half months in he started to look more and more like me and now I get to hear that he has my eyes and nose all of the time. Makes me so happy :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1442983 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 19:54:33 +0000 cookiemomster 1442983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe it will change once I actually have the baby, but I personally am hoping for a clone of my husband. He was so so cute as a baby, and i really just can't wait to see how our genes end up mixing- i think it's going to turn out well no matter what, but I like looking at DH and won't mind if it's mostly his features our LO inherits =) </p> <p>I remember it really upsetting both my sister in law and one of my best friends when peoples main comments were how much their kids look like their dads, so it's definitely not uncommon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1442569 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:48:14 +0000 erwoo 1442569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the Chinese culture they say it's good for daughters to look like their dads and sons to look like their moms. It means they will have a happy life. :) Hope that somewhat makes you feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1442560 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:41:18 +0000 MrsH 1442560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: :) thanks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1442243 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 02:26:26 +0000 Ash 1442243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mil does this all of the time! It annoys me so much - especially because she's the only one who says he looks like dh. I eventually started saying "he looks like C".<br /> Ella is a nice mix of you and dh. Some qualities stick out more and that's what people see. :)</p> <p>Eta: what annoys me is that people have to say who the baby looks like, not that he looks like me or dh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1442221 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 01:07:55 +0000 Arden 1442221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: What? No way. She totally looks mixed, I never would think she was 100% Caucasian. I just went back and checked. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1442199 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 00:19:18 +0000 PurplePeony 1442199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It doesn't bother me, but I really don't think she looks like either of us so I kind of figure they're just making conversation. Although her hair is just like mine was when I was a baby, but longer/wilder! But there's no way most people would know that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1442000 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:39:24 +0000 Grace 1442000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most people say she looks like me, so I like it when people say she looks like DH. But really, I think people are drawn to the familiar. So if they know me, they think LO looks like me. My mom says that P looks exactly like me as a baby. I knew my DH's niece as a baby and think that P looks a lot like her. We're probably both right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441896 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:42:23 +0000 regberadaisy 1441896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it doesn't bother me. I know she came from me, I was there! </p> <p>Everyone saids she looks like DH and none of me. And that she looks completely Caucasian and not a drop of Chinese. I beg to differ, I think she definitely looks mixed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441892 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:38:55 +0000 skipra 1441892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: haha. I'm feeling he same way about #2. I think I'm most anxious for his arrival to see if hes another dh mini-me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441885 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:34:33 +0000 skipra 1441885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It used to bother me a little but it's true... I think it actually bothers my mom more. She never fails to mention that DS has daddy's coloring but my nose and eyes, etc. No one has ever denied that he has my nose...DH was not so fortunate in the genetic lottery for that.<br /> Most of the time I will.say he's daddy's clone before anyone says anything. I think that is better than hearing he looks nothing like me all the time. I'm so curious to see what our second little guy is going to look like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441841 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:10:58 +0000 Espion 1441841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have it the other way around. E looks just like daddy, but he ended up with my red hair. So that's all anyone says. "Whoa! He got mama's hair!" One of these days, I'd like to say, No shit, Sherlock. :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441812 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:49:28 +0000 singingbee 1441812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: Totally get where you are coming from. It don't bother me when I said, but I'd get so mad if someone else said it. Now she is a 50/50 mix. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441789 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:35:02 +0000 chopsuey 1441789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my son is DH's mini me and I love it so much. :D </p> <p>he resembles me as a baby too, and got his dimples from my side of the fam, but it doesn't bother me when ppl say my kids look like their dad. I did choose the man to father my kids so I knew there was a 50% chance they'd look like him! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441730 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:14:16 +0000 Corduroy 1441730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is DH's mini-me and I can't deny it. It used to irritate me but I've come to accept it. Now I've moved on to being pre-emptively angry if #2 also looks like DH... and I'm not even pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441717 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:09:35 +0000 luckypenny 1441717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DD was a newborn, everyone thought she was the spitting image of DH (and looking back honestly, she was). But, I gained 70lbs, had a 25 hour labor and given everything for this little baby and I wanted her to look like me! It used to make me so sad/mad. Now, she looks very much more like me but I love seeing his face in her too. They have the same expressions and it cracks me up. But yeah, I get it mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441712 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:06:25 +0000 bushelandapeck 1441712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly I don't see the huge resemblance but everyone says they look exactly alike. It bothered me a bit when he was little but he's so darn cute that I don't care anymore :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441693 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:56:37 +0000 Pirouette 1441693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: it bothers me more when my family says it actually, because I see a little of myself in her but everyone just calls her dh's clone. And I feel like my family wants her to look like me, so it bothers me they don't see it at all! She does look a lot like him, but I see a little of myself in her, and apparently no one else does! I'm hoping it changes a little as she grows. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441670 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:48:08 +0000 AprilFool 1441670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You would have to ask my husband this because this baby was all me. Now she is a nice mix but my features are still dominant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441632 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:25:06 +0000 Running Elley 1441632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS looks like my husband's mini me a lot if the time, especially to his side of the family. I really don't care! I think it's cute and I feel lucky :)</p> <p>I do, however, loooove that DD looks so much like me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441623 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:19:10 +0000 MrsH 1441623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: even the people on my side say she looks like DH - I just do not see it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441619 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:17:43 +0000 Ree723 1441619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 is my carbon copy and EVERYONE commented on how much she looked like me, even DH's parents were hard pressed to find anything that resembled DH. I didn't mind of course, but I think DH got a bit annoyed at times when people would make comments asking if he contributed anything to DD. Rightfully so, that would irritate me as well. Now that she's 20 months old, she's still all me, but DH is over it, especially as our second DD now looks just like him! I like that DD2 looks just like him, he's gorgeous and I love the idea of a LO looking like him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441610 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:11:26 +0000 HLK208 1441610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It bugged me a little...it bugged DH more when someone would say that LO looked nothing like him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so/page/2#post-1441604 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:07:39 +0000 lovehoneybee 1441604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It never really bothered me. When he was born he was an exact clone of D. *Everyone* commented on it. Once or twice it annoyed me a little bit, only because I was looking for some part of me in him, but I'm sure that had to do more with immediate pp hormones than anything. </p> <p>My MIL once said "If I hadn't watched him come out of you I would wonder if he was yours" but she was (mostly) joking. As E's gotten older he's gotten more of my features and I think he's a great mix of us now. But even if he wasn't I wouldn't be annoyed. D's a handsome dude, E would be lucky to look like him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so#post-1441596 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:02:08 +0000 Mommy Finger 1441596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3 brothers and I all look like my dad. My mom always jokes that she just dropped us off. We think it's funny when people say that she and I look alike. </p> <p>Most people say that DS is the perfect blend of DH and me. However it leans towards me since he has my eyes and those are more prominent.</p> <p>I also read something about how babies generally look like the father when they are first born so that the father will know that it is there baby. There's a lot more to that but I won't bore you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-people-say-your-lo-looks-like-your-so#post-1441592 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:57:39 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1441592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't care. He is his son! And my husband is beautiful.<br /> But, people rarely say it because he is just so obviously more me, so we actually get the "he's all you, mama" VERY frequently. I make sure to remind DH that LO does have a lot of him too, it is just way more subtle. </p>